At the Avs game the other night, a guy behind me was explaining to his even dumber friends about throwing your hat on the ice for a hat trick (two Avs players had two goals in that game, so it was looking like a possibility). Then he added this gem:

"The Original Eight teams throw an octopus on the ice. The eight legs represent the Original Eight teams."

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big d note wrote:At the Avs game the other night, a guy behind me was explaining to his even dumber friends about throwing your hat on the ice for a hat trick (two Avs players had two goals in that game, so it was looking like a possibility). Then he added this gem:

"The Original Eight teams throw an octopus on the ice. The eight legs represent the Original Eight teams."

Jeebus, I thought in Colorado they had a decent amount of sense regarding hockey tradition. It's not like it's Tampa Bay or Dallas or San Jose. It actually snows in Colorado more than once every 30 years.

big d note wrote:At the Avs game the other night, a guy behind me was explaining to his even dumber friends about throwing your hat on the ice for a hat trick (two Avs players had two goals in that game, so it was looking like a possibility). Then he added this gem:

"The Original Eight teams throw an octopus on the ice. The eight legs represent the Original Eight teams."

Hell, that still makes him smarter then 9 out 10 people I try talking hockey to around here (St. Louis metro area, not LGB)

I mean, he understands a hat trick, and knows there were an original even number of teams.

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